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Psalm 46:1 First Part [God Is The Refuge Of His Saints]

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Title:     Psalm 46:1 First Part [God Is The Refuge Of His Saints]
Author: Isaac Watts [More Titles by Watts]

The church's safety and triumph
among national desolations.


God is the refuge of his saints,
When storms of sharp distress invade;
Ere we can offer our complaints
Behold him present with his aid.

Let mountains from their seats be hurl'd
Down to the deep, and buried there;
Convulsions shake the solid world,
Our faith shall never yield to fear.

Loud may the troubled ocean roar,
In sacred peace our souls abide,
While every nation, every shore,
Trembles, and dreads the swelling tide.

There is a stream whose gentle flow
Supplies the city of our God;
Life, love, and joy still gliding thro',
And watering our divine abode.

That sacred stream, thine holy word,
That all our raging fear controls:
Sweet peace thy promises afford,
And give new strength to fainting souls.

Sion enjoys her monarch's love,
Secure against a threatening hour;
Nor can her firm foundations move,
Built on his truth, and arm'd with pow'r.


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Isaac Watts's poem: Psalm 46:1 First Part [God Is The Refuge Of His Saints]

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